Microchannel process technology (MPT) offers several advantages to the field of nanomanufacturing: 1) improved process control over very short time intervals owing to shorter diffusional distances; and 2) reduced reacto ...

Recent work has shown humanoid robots with spinal columns, instead of rigid torsos, benefit from both better balance and an increased ability to absorb external impact. Similarly, snake robots have shown promise as a via ...

This thesis presents an effective control design methodology using a one-step-ahead prediction adaptive control law and an adaptive control law based on a Lyapunov function. These control law were applied to a highly man ...

Design of commercial aircraft structure, composed of composite material, requires the
prediction of failure loads given large scale damage. In particular, a fuselage of
graphite/epoxy lamination was analyzed for damage ...

Droplet formation from a rigid and a vibration nozzle driven by a pulsing
pressure is simulated. Droplet formation is simulated by using one-dimensional
model. For the case of droplet formation from a vibration nozzle, ...

In this work, flow through synthetic arrangements of contacting spheres is studied
as a model problem for porous media and packed bed type flows. Direct numerical
simulations are performed for moderate pore Reynolds nu ...

Coal continues to be burned by direct combustion in packed or moving bed in
small size domestic furnaces, medium size industrial furnaces, as well as small power
stations. Recent stringent restrictions on exhaust emiss ...

Lake Kinneret is Israel's only fresh water lake (unless you count the Dead
Sea). It spans roughly 20km from north to south, and about 12km at its widest east
west extent. It is not quite 50m deep at its deepest point. ...

Manufacturing intelligent agent simulation has not been
widely applied in industry because of its application
complexity. This complexity, which includes choosing
priority machines or jobs, determining machine mainten ...

A representation for the process of mechanical design,
along with its computer implementation is presented and
discussed. The representation consists of three
fundamental concepts: design objects, constraints, and
de ...

In this thesis an introduction to simulation and object oriented programming discusses the need for
the creation of several classes which directly support object oriented simulation. The author places no
restrictions o ...

S3 (Softwood Sawmill Simulator) is a sawmill simulation system for modeling the operations of
Pacific Northwest softwood lumber mills. S3 consists of three main parts. The first part is the
framework for construction o ...

The objective of this investigation is the development
of improved techniques for the estimation of robustness for
dynamic systems with structured uncertainties, a problem
which was approached by application of the Ly ...

Presented is an investigation into the modeling, active control design, and simulation of a generic horizontal pendulum wave energy converter, known as a PWEC. A description is provided of the dominant attributes PWECs h ...

Fractal-like branching microchannel flow networks have been found to improve wall temperature uniformity and decrease both pressure drop and flow power compared to arrays of straight microchannels. The present study seek ...